Contest Spotlight: March Madness brings “Mystery & Mayhem” to our Writing Competitions

2016-12-17T12:15:22-08:00By |

For some March Madness is basketball, for us at Chanticleer Reviews it's that last minute rush, as Mystery Authors scramble to meet our March 31st deadline for the Mystery & Mayhem Awards (aka the M&M's). The M&M's cozy mysteries is one of our favorite categories and we have many fond memories of amazing books and authors winning M&M's. Some, like author Pamela Beason's THE ONLY WITNESS--which answers the question: "What would happen if a signing gorilla was the only witness to a terrible crime?"--taking not just taking the M&M's but also the top overall grand prize. Pam is working on creating a dynasty as she won again with her sequel THE ONLY CLUE, taking the M&M Grand Prize for 2014. And for 2015 her RACE WITH DANGER is a contender in in our Dante Rossetti awards! Our 2013 M&M Grand Prize winner Bernadette Pajer's FATAL INDUCTION: A PROFESSOR BRADSHAW MYSTERY is another favorite here in the Chanticleer office. Revolving around a race to win an electrical engineering competition in Seattle 1901, the time of Tesla! Bernadette has gone on to write four book in the series and we couldn't be happier to see the witty and entertaining Professor Bradshaw continue his escapades of electrical engineering and solving mysteries with science. Your book could earn a place in our M&M hall of fame for 2016. All you have to do is enter. What are the M&M's? Our Mystery & Mayhem Awards are the Chanticleer Reviews search [...]

The LARAMIE Awards for Western Fiction 2015 First Place Category Winners

2017-04-04T18:15:11-07:00By |

Laramie Awards 2015 First Place Category Winning Titles The Laramie Awards writing competition recognizes emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of  Western Fiction. The LARAMIE Awards is a division of the Chanticleer Awards International Writing Competitions. We are pleased to announce the 2015 Laramie Awards Official First Place Category Winners. Good Luck to them as they compete for the 2015 Laramie Grand Prize Award. Congratulations to the 2015 Laramie Awards First In Category Award Winning Western Fiction Novels: Women's Historical: Sara Dahman – Doctor Kinney's HouseKeeper Adventure/Drama: Martha Conway – Thieving Forest Classic: McKendree Long – Higher Ground Prairie: Alethea Williams – Walls for the Wind Debut: Lynda J. Cox – The Devil's Own Desperado Romance: Kristy McCaffrey – The Blackbird Mystery: Linell Jeppsen – Second Chance More than $30,000 dollars in cash and prizes are awarded to Chanticleer International Blue Ribbon Awards Winners annually. The LARAMIE First Place  Category award winners will compete for the LARAMIE Grand Prize Award for the 2015 Western Fiction Novel. Grand Prize winners, blue ribbons, and prizes will be announced and awarded on April 30, 2016 at the Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Gala, Bellingham, Wash. The First In Category award winning titles will receive an award package including a complimentary Chanticleer Book Review of the winning title, digital award badges, shelf talkers, book stickers, and more. We are now accepting entries into the 2017 Laramie Awards. The deadline is June 30, 2016.  Click here for more information or to enter. Congratulations to those who made the LARAMIE Awards 2015 FINALISTS official listing. More than $30,000 worth of cash and prizes will [...]

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